Geoff Whiting of Nanaimo Fire Rescue, left, was in downtown Nanaimo Saturday afternoon to hand out Halloween candy to children like Avery Cashej and Rainee Sharp. Business owners also handed out candy and Nanaimo Museum had a Stranger Things-inspired haunted mine. (KARL YU/News Bulletin)

Halloween and other Stranger Things happen in downtown Nanaimo

Halloween may be Wednesday, but trick-or-treating began early in Nanaimo